Achnanthidium microcephalum Kützing 1844
Publication Details
Achnanthidium microcephalum Kützing 1844: 75, pl. 3: fig. XIII [13], XIX [19]
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. pp. [i-vii], [1]-152, pls 1-30. Nordhausen: zu finden bei W. Köhne.
Request PDFPublication date: 7-9 Nov 1844
Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Achnanthidium.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "durch ganz Europa" [throughout Europe including Nordhausen, Hamburg, Schleusingen, Halle,
Stuttgart, Berlin (Germany), Thun (Switzerland), Triest, Genua (Italy), Falaise (France)]; (Kützing 1844: 75) Notes: "The type material of A. microcephalum was previously illustrated by Lange-Bertalot & Ruppel [1980 (Herb. Kützing, no. 287, from Triest), pl. 3, figs 83–96 (LM), pl. 9, figs 278–281 (SEM)]; Lange-Bertalot & Krammer [1989 (syntype, Herbar Kützing 836, from Zürich), pl. 51, fig. 12 (LM)]; Potapova & Hamilton [2007 (isotype slide BM 18434 made of Kützing’s material from Triest, Natural History Museum, London), pl. 4, figs n, o (LM)]." (Novais & al. 2015: 111). It is not clear if the material from Trieste has been formally designated as lectotype.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), little head.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 August 2024
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Taxonomic note
Brachysira microcephala (Grunow) Compère 1986 [see INA]. - (31 May 2023) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 August 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 July 2025
